His 2013 Crooked music video is perhaps the clearest snapshot of that approach. Across the video, he appeared in 16 distinct outfits, jumping from a Vivienne Westwood suit to punk tees, distressed skinny jeans, oversized fur coats, and wearing Chrome Hearts jewellery throughout.
G-Dragon also embraced gender-fluid fashion before it entered the mainstream. He wore pearl necklaces as naturally as silver chains, painted his nails, carried handbags and embraced delicate loafers, brooches and scarves – choices that many male celebrities would have avoided at the time.
Notably, he never presented these choices as a statement or a provocation; they were simply part of how he dressed. In doing so, G-Dragon was among the earliest Asian stars to show that masculinity and self-expression didn’t need rigid boundaries.
4. WHATEVER HE WEARS, PEOPLE WANT
Nicknamed “Wanpannam” in Korea, which literally translates to “sold-out man”, G-Dragon has a Midas touch that routinely turns anything he wears into massive commercial success.